Snow-guard.



W. J. BAIRD.

SNOW GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15' "H6.

1,230,363. Patented June 19, 1917.

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WILLIAM J. BAIRD, OF PATEBSON, NEW JERSEY.

SN OW-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 15, 1916. Serial No. 78,481.

To all whom it mayconccrn:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. Bruno, a citizen of the United States,residing, at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SnowGruards, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to snow-guards that include rods, whether insolid form or in the form of pipes, that extend along a roof insubstantially parallel relation to one another in such manner that theyprevent or deter snow from sliding off the roof, and the invention isdirected particularly to rodholding means adjustable to meet the demands of roofs of different pitches.

The rods are carried in an adjustable standard, and the lowermost rod isutilized as the pivotal member for the standard, in order to securegreater strength than would be had with an ordinary bolt pivot and toobviate the necessity of employing a bolt or other means solely for thispurpose.

When read in connection with the description herein, the details of theinvention will be apparent from the accompanying drawing, forming parthereof, wherein an embodiment of the invention is disclosed, forpurposes of illustration.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the views ofthe drawing, of which- Figure 1 is a side view, the rods being shown insection; and

Fig. 2 is a front view.

Having more particular reference to the drawing, 3 designates abase-plate, preferably of metal, arranged to be secured to a roof, byscrews or other suitable fasteners 4c, the plate being adapted to beemployed, if desired, in place of a slate or shingle.

A bracket 5 is fixed to and extends upwardly from the base-plate; it isformed in its lower portion with a hole 6; it has an arcuate slot 7concentric to hole 6; and a series of holes 8 are formed in the bracketoutside of slot 7 and in arcuate disposition concentric to hole 6.

The device also includes an adjustable standard 9, which has a somewhatinverted U-shaped form with two limbs 9' connected together at the top.The standard is so formed and proportioned that its limbs s ddle. thebra ket m m er somewh t closely fit against the sides thereof, and ithas a longitudinally-arranged series of holes 10 of suitable size toreceive and hold guard-rods 11. The hole 6 and slot 7 of the bracketalso are of suitable size to receive the rods. The lowermost rod 11 notonly passes through the lowermost hole of the standard, but also throughthe hole 6 of the bracket, whereby that rod operates to connect thestandard at its lower end to the bracket and serves as a pivot uponwhich the standard is swung during adjusting movement. The slot 7 is sopositioned that, when the lower rod is in the hole 6 and the'lowermosthole 10, it will register with an intermediate hole 10, in order thatthe material of the bracket may not interfere with adjusting movement ofthe standard when a rod is in the interme diate hole; and ordinarily theuppermost hole 10 is above or outside of the boundary of the standard.The standard has a hole 12 in position to register with any of the holes8, and the standard is held in adjusted position by a bolt 12 or thelike disposed in hole 11 and one of holes 8.

It will be seen that, the angle of pitch of the roof upon which thedevice is to be used being known, the standard can be adjusted to properposition before the device is fastened in place, and, after fastening,when the lowermost rod is to be passed through the lowermost holes inthe bracket and standard, if those holes have been displaced fromregistry during handling, they easily can be returned to proper positionby slight movement of the standard; or the adjustment can be made afterthe rodsare put in thestandard. 7

It is to be noted that this invention not only provides a simple andstrong means for holding snow-guard rods, but also one in which one ofthe rods is used as the pivotal member on which one end of theadjustable rod-holding standard is held, thus obviating the necessity ofemploying a separate bolt or the like for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A snow-guard comprising the combination of a base, a bracket fixed toand extending upwardly from the base and having a hole in its lowerportion and an arcuate slot concentric to said hole and a series ofholes outside of said slot arranged in arcuate disposition concentric tosaid lower hole, a

Patented June 19, 1917.

standard having a lower hole arranged to posed in said holt hole and inone of said register with said lower hole of said bracket last-mentionedholes. 19 and to receive a rod disposed therein and In testimonywhereof, I afiix my signature having other rod-receiving holes one of inthe presence of two witnesses.

which registers with said arcuate slot, there WVILLIAM Jr BAIRD. beingin said standard a bolt-hole arranged Witnesses:

to register with any of said arcuately-dis- RANDAL B. Lewis,

posed holes of said bracket, and a bolt dis- JAMES HIGGINS.

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